Starting an Indoor Cycling or Spinning® studio….can it work?
By guest columnist Bill Pryor, owner of Spynergy Cycling Studios, and Spynergy
Consulting.
Stay tuned for my interview with Bill posting next week.
You’re passionate about fitness, you love indoor cycling and you may even be an outstanding instructor yourself. You recognize the amazing energy in a great class, and you’ve also seen a lot of poor or mediocre classes that frustrate you. Maybe you’ve wondered if a dedicated studio can make money?
Should you start your own studio? Great questions.
While not nearly as common as yoga studios, there are in fact a good many successful, dedicated cycling studios (and Spin® studios) around the country. We have worked extensively with a number of them, and in the right community, with the right model, these can be tremendous small businesses. There
is nothing more thrilling than waking every day knowing your decisions and actions are building a business, developing a community, making people healthy…….and generating a stream of profits!
Here is the first question we ALWAYS get asked. There is plenty of indoor cycling and Spinning® at gyms and health clubs in my area – why would people go to a new dedicated
studio?
071 ICI Podcast #71 – Indoor Bike Maintenance Expert Jeff Wimmer
Jeff Wimmer’s name came up during our interview with Johnny G last year. (I’ve been trying to get him on the Podcast ever since)
Jeff and his company StudioCycles is recognized by most of the Indoor Cycling Bike Manufactures as the expert when it comes to maintaining those poor bikes that are so often ridden hard and then put away wet.
Listen to the Podcast below or subscribe for free using iTunes or Zune.
[audio:http://indoorcycleinstructor.com.s3.amazonaws.com/071_Jeff_Wimmer.mp3]
Additional question about Keiser’s M3
Listener Tara Page wrote me with a question about Podcast #47 with Dennis Keiser:
Hello, I really enjoy your podcast, thank you for the production. I listen to them on my way to teach. It makes me feel motivated and often gives me items to share and use with my participants.
I wanted to follow up to this one podcast in particular. Our club got these bikes in the spring this year. The members are saying the gear tension varies among the bikes. I was pleased to hear Dennis talk of this issue and he suggested a way to remedy it by moving the gear handle up and down five times etc. Upon arriving at the club, I tried it and was disappointed it did not work. The numbers flashed zero and not the number “five “ I believe he suggested. Maybe he is talking about another version of the M3 Computer? Just an FYI. Maybe he could follow up again with additional information.
Dennis Keiser offered this response:
Hi Tara,
John forwarded me your email so that I could hopefully help you with your concern.
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